front view
- bibliography and image source:
Herrmann, Georgina: Ivories from Room SW 37 Fort Shalmaneser.
Ivories from Nimrud IV. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, no. 755.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: -
• excavation number: ND13481
• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 4.1, width: 4.6, thickness: 0.6
• material: ivory
• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)
• description:
Remains of the head and neck of the silhouette of a bull facing left with head lowered and crisscross markings on the nose; reverse side has the remains of a keyhole slot and fitterŐs mark in the form of a cross and a circle between upper arms [eye was
inlaid, a trace of blue remains]
• status: unknown
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